Tuesday and Wednesday are productive days at work in between meetings. I finish a few tasks off and lay out a framework to support testing when that occurs later. By Wednesday afternoon I am starting to lose steam, though, as the long weekend and some extra time off at Thanksgiving draws closer. I lift heavy weights on Tuesday and don't really feel any pain and then go for a long walk on Wednesday. Times are chaotic with Person Ti_Ca as he starts orientation and training for a new job, gets the highest score in the class on a semester-long essay for one class, and springs a last minute "Oh this is due in two days" essay assignment on me (that he needs help with).
There is a threat of rain on Friday, but I tell Derrick "If it is dry when I wake up then I'm going to ride". So I start north on the Los Angeles river, pick Derrick up near the Whittier Narrows dam, and continue on back down the San Gabriel river trail to the ocean. My ride totals 65 miles today. I take a shower and get ready to go get the car washed but drops of rain start down. It's probably not wise to wash the car right now. Instead Person Ti_Ca go buy some things he needs for work, we watch a recorded Modern Family episode, and then I get ready for the plumbers to come and de-lime my tankless water heater. The plumber comes and de-limes the tankless water heater according to the procedure but the electronic controller is still throwing an error. So I'll give it a day to run water through it and then get ready to call the manufacturer. Later Person T_U picks up Person Ti_Ca and me and we drive to Veterans stadium for the high school football playoff game between Long Beach Poly (Person T_U's alma matter) and another team. We get to the stadium and buy our tickets and we are early for the game (for once). We wander around and discover that Long Beach Poly is not playing this game, but is playing 30 minutes away. We debate what to do and I finally say we should ask for a refund. We ask for a refund "Because we thought Poly was playing" and the ticket man is laughing at us. But in the end he realizes the mistake and refunds the ticket prices.
Sunday starts with a mountain bicycle ride to the end of the bicycle trail (along the ocean) and return. I wanted to ride longer, but I was tired before I started the ride. I work on the roses, grab a warm shower, and run some errands before watching the Brasilian Grand Prix where my favorite driver wins again in conditions where the rain threatents to come throughout the entire race. In the afternoon I try to track down more troublesome little problems in websites that keep appearing when we do a system backup. I'm ready to declare no more backups because they cause more problems than they potentially stave off. It's a slow day as I watch some football and relax and do some homework with Person Ti_Ca.
Tuesday starts with me being lazy again. Instead of a long road bicycle ride I try another recovery ride on the mountain bicycle down to the end of the ocean trail and with a few extra added miles as yesterday. After a shower I run some errands and get the Word Rally Car washed and it gets put back in the garage for safe keeping. During my errands I stop in at the library but it isn't open yet, so I just put my old books in the dropbox. I start the tankless water heater flushing procedure again because the error code hasn't cleared. If this does not clear the error code than I will need some help from the manufacturer. As I'm flushing the tankless water heater I relax and flip through television channels becasue DirecTV has some freebies now. It has been a long time since I watched television on a weekday. Later in the evening I help Person Ti_Ca with his homework before heading off for sleep.
By Thanksgiving morning my body temperature is back to normal. Thus I set out on a long Thanksgiving morning road bicycle ride. I see a number of the usual suspects out riding and by the time I'm near the aquarium I run into a rider that remembers me when Derrick and I rode with him and his friends. He and his riding partners are slow today and I'm nearing the end of 60 miles, so it works out well. Afterwards I rush through the recorded Lions game and am joyed that they demolished their division rivals today. The rest of THanksgiving is slow and Person Ti_Ca goes out shopping with friends near 10 pm (and doesn't return until 7:30 am on Friday).
Saturday is cold but I take the mountain bicycle out to the end of the trail and add some extra miles in at the end. My short days used to be down to the aquarium and back home for about a 70 minute ride. Now my short days are longer and take up about 2 hours. After a shower Person Ti_Ca, Person T_U, and Person D_G and I go out to lunch for Thai food. We have a good visit. When I get home I go to work on updating websites from google maps version 2 to version 3. It doesn't sound like much, but most of the classes and objects are different so it takes me a few hours to do. Person Ti_Ca and I then do homework for almost two hours and then I relax as Person Ti_Ca visits a friend.
Monday is a productive day at work as I put my head down and make progress on some tedious details for various models and simulations. I only attend one meeting and have long periods of uninterrupted productivity. After work the bike barely starts and I rush on home to workout with the weights. Afterwards I spray some WD-40 in the motorcycle lock to try and free it up. Later Person Ti_Ca and I do some homework and I have a teleconference with some of the web people.